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Friday, February 11, 2011

Photohunters: Education

The first sign of the new visitor education center at the NC Botanical Garden, which is part of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was basically a big mess.

Then I saw a literal sign showing what was being planned and built to house garden education classes, visitor information, etc.

That helped me, somewhat, to tolerate the mess that was a part of the garden for the years of construction on the new education building.

I always liked the Totten Center which is the old garden Education building but the new one is much larger.

The shot above and the two below are of the old education building at the garden (Totten Building).

Since the new Education Building has been completed, the Totten building is no longer opened for public use but is used for plant propagation and other purposes.

The rest of the shots are of the new Visitor and Education building at the garden. First are several shots I took a month before it was officially open.

This 29,656 square foot building has 3 sections connected by breezeways.

It has a number of green features including rainwater cisterns, geothermal wells, photovoltaic panels, storm water retention ponds, clerestory windows, and the site was selected for a variety of environmental reasons.

20 comments:

These are a great series of shots that demonstrate the evolution of this new education centre. Looks like a lovely place, and hopefully they'll have their garden ready for this new building this coming season. And you can share the pics with us :)

I am replaying a pic I already posted for another theme a few months ago. It worked for both so hopefully people won't mind seeing it again.

Looks like a really nice facility. Presume it's open to the public -- which is a cool thing indeed. Another cool thing: sounds like you live close by to a world class educational institution, Carver. :)

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